FAMILY HISTORY: MORTON

THE MARRIAGE OF HENRY & SARAH HILL:

 

GROOM:
Name: Henry Hill, age 36, bachelor, Farm Labourer
Father: William Hill, Farmer, deceased
Mother:
Birthdate: c. 1878
Birthplace:

 

BRIDE:
Name: Sarah Weights, age 27, spinster, Laundry Maid
Father: James Weights, Bookkeeper
Mother: Mary Armstrong
Baptism Date: 1 January 1888
Birthplace: Preston, Lancashire, England

 

THEIR WEDDING:
Date: 17 December 1914, by Banns
Place: Emmanuel Parish Church (C. of E.)
Location: Preston, Lancashire, England
Priest: Walter E. Harston Morris
Witnesses: John James Weights & Eliza Esther Walmsley

 

THEIR CHILDREN: (none)

 

DEATHS:
Henry Hill [36 yrs] Died: 27 Dec 1914
Sarah Hill (Mrs) [81 yrs] Died: 29 Mar 1969

 

NOTES:
1: This is a very sad case. Sarah Weights lost her husband less than two weeks after their wedding and remained his widow for the next 55 years.
2: At the time of their marriage both Henry and Sarah lived with her parents at 285 Plungington Road in Preston. All parties to the wedding signed their own names to the register.
3: The above information was taken from the original marriage registers of Emmanuel Church and from microfilmed copies of burial registers from Preston Cemetery, all held at the Lancashire Record Office.

 


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